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Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Gr Island 24/12/43; Detroit 25/1/44; Presque Is 30/1/44; Assigned 652BS/25BG Watton 325Photo Wing 5/2/44; crashed on take off for weather recon to Azores 6/6/44 with Clarry Stephenson, Co-pilot: Joe Ward, Navigator: Gene Swiatnicki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Westerholm, Ball turret gunner: Leon Licurse (5 Killed in Service); Radio Operator: Joe Minery,Tail gunner: Keith Clinton, ET-Lt Marvin Rogers (3RTD with minor injuries); Salvaged 8/9/44.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36421569
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12199455
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31274923
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15110085 / O-754300
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16079822 / O-703665
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

722, 6207 Missile Dr, Cheyenne, WY 82005, USA 11 December 1943 Delivered Cheyenne AAF 11-Dec-43.

Assigned

Watton, Thetford IP25, UK 5 February 1944 Assigned 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Watton, Thetford IP25, UK 6 June 1944 Crashed on take off for weather recon to Azores 6-Jun-44. 3 x RTD, 5 x KIA.

Manufactured

Seattle, WA, USA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log